A Parti Qubecois candidate for election to the National Assembly of Quebec reaffirmed earlier controversial statements considered by many to be anti-Semitic. In an interview Thursday in Montreal’s “La Presse” newspaper, Louise Mailloux, a candidate from Montreal’s Gouin district, confirmed
The border between Jordan and Israel has been largely quiet for over 40 years. The formal peace treaty between the two countries has been honored for two decades. The two countries’ governments operate closely at the highest levels regarding intelligence
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accused one of his main rivals, Mohammed Dahlan, of involvement in six murders, and suggested that he was behind the death of former leader Yasser Arafat, reports The Jeruslaem Post. Dahlan denied the allegations. Dahlan, who
Gaza Palestinians fired over 60 rockets and mortar shells into Israel Wednesday, prompting Israeli airstrikes in response in which 29 Gaza targets were hit. Following the Israeli response, two more Gaza rockets were fired at Israel overnight. The rocketing from
Gaza Palestinians fired over 60 rockets and mortar shells into Israel Wednesday, prompting Israeli airstrikes in response in which 29 Gaza targets were hit. Following the Israeli response, two more Gaza rockets were fired at Israel overnight. The rocketing from
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps air force commander was reported Tuesday by Iran’s Fars news agency as saying that Iran’s military has its finger on the trigger to destroy Israel just as soon as it receives the order to do so,
Protesting Jordanian legislators joined swelling anti-Israel protests yesterday calling for the cancellation of their country’s peace treaty with Israel in the wake of the death of a Jordanian at an Israeli border crossing, according to reports in the Jerusalem Post.
Jordanian riot police maintained control of several hundred angry protesters gathered on Monday in front of the Israeli Embassy in Amman demanding the Israeli ambassador’s expulsion and burning Israeli flags. The protests were sparked by the killing of a Jordanian
One week before his scheduled meeting with President Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has staked out assorted maximalist positions relating to negotiations with Israel, decreasing the odds of any accord being reached. In statements in recent days, Abbas rejected
Nicolas Anelka had every reason to celebrate. In late December, on the downside of a long and winding career, the talented footballer had just scored his first English Premier League goal in over two years. He could have raced around
High-ranking Iranian officials have taken aim at President Obama in reaction to recent statements that American military action remains an option should Iran not compromise sufficiently in development of its nuclear program. The Times of Israel reports that General Masoud
Israeli special naval forces on Wednesday morning intercepted a ship in the Red Sea carrying an Iranian arms shipment headed for the Gaza Strip, reports The Jerusalem Post. Naval commandos from Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit boarded and took control
Israeli military forces stopped two terrorists planting explosives on the Israel-Syria border in the northern Golan Heights early Wednesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman’s office, cited by The Jerusalem Post. A group of suspicious figures approached the
An Egyptian court in Cairo has ordered a ban on activities in Egypt by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, branding it a terror organization, reports The Times of Israel. The Cairo court ordered that all Hamas offices in the country
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met in the Oval Office on Monday with U.S. President Barack Obama, deflecting Obama’s veiled threats of isolation if the Jewish State did not quickly agree to a peace framework with the Palestinians. Just a day earlier, Bloomberg
A day before meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, President Obama issued an implicit threat to Israel that America’s ability to “manage the international fallout is going to be limited” if Israel does not agree to
